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Thanks, JacBut, wouldn't a picture of a .tga Icon and a .dds Icon look exactly the same?Example:All of these are .tgas -- the .dds versions are indistinguishable...And, ALL of them [.dds or .tga] are less than 3kb in filesize.So, the only real advantage of conversion is to be able to "substitute" and "over-write" the original texture, without having to edit/change anything in the original .esp or the original mesh.[Nonetheless, I am now very happy to have that option available to me once more! ]

Oh, you are so right! Try saving a BB skin texture .tga a few times -- it gets real ugly real fast![Although, the effect might work for vampires and zombies, or "diseased" creatures...]

I learned that lesson a long time ago, and always do my texture "manipulation" with .bmp files.[For Icons, that's usually screenshots, and they're .bmps to start with anyway.]Then, when they are "ready," I save 'em as .tgas, and then apply the Alpha-channel if needed.So, my .tgas only get saved once (or at most, twice). I think I'll try out the GIMP "DDS Plugin" that Gagatek provided a link for, to see about editing .dds files directly -- assuming Windows Vista will let me install it.

Incidentally, I understand you are interested in "Special Characters" that can be used in MW Dialogue, specifically, Topics.[Hey! This is MY Forum Thread, so I get to wander "off-topic" if I wish]. I've never seen a definitive list of what symbols can or cannot be used in Dialogue, but I've noted that in the Companion Mods on my hard drive, I've seen many different ways of "setting apart" their special Dialogue Topics, all of which seem to work fine. Some examples:-Report Health- Report Health- Report Health --- Report Health--- Report Health*Report Health*** Report Health-*- Report Health_Report Health@_Report Health

That's exactly what I was trying to find out, thanks! I like the idea that my companions will have reserved topics at or very near the top and sorted, but I didn't know what characters could be used to accomplish that besides dashes. I want it to be distinctive, so it stands out a bit in case someone is using special slaves or those mods that just copied the dash style.